I don’t usually like Thanksgiving, because my family couldn’t do it right. My single dad and my brother and I would always eat at a Chinese restaurant and it wasn’t anything special. But this year it feels different. Because you are all here, I feel warmth in a city that is so cold and unforgiving. It feels like I have a family in a city like New York. Family doesn’t have to be blood.
As some of you may know, I’ve always been friends with everyone and making tons of friends everywhere but I’ve realized lately that maybe not all of them deserve my time or a place in my life. I think I give a lot to people and to friendships and it’s oftentimes not reciprocated. Jovian told me that most people are rocks and I should look for the gems. I want to be more intentional about who I spend time with and who I keep in my life. I think everyone in this room tonight is a gem and I hope that you stay in my life awhile, because diamonds are forever.